mitigate
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To mitigate the risk of being compromised, "there is no clear structure" to the work, he said, adding he had never met and did not know the identity of others he had been working alongside.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Automakers have developed safety features to prevent and mitigate harm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Doe’s complaint alleges that the university only temporarily suspended some of the men and that others “were afforded the opportunity to mitigate their conduct by submitting essays.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The European Union insists that, yes, its law known as the AI Act is powerful enough since it forces companies to assess and mitigate risks, under threat of massive fines or even bans.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
The best I could hope to do was mitigate the disaster.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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The advantage of this location "is that you can use the original tunnel's roof as your little tunnel's roof. Also, it mitigates risk of flooding," said Dix.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Moore said the facility has remained at 45 degrees, which mitigates the risk of it becoming a biohazard due to food spoilage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
While China relies on oil imports, "it mitigates this exposure through diversified suppliers, ties with Iran, substantial strategic reserves and continued reliance on coal", she said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
Higher aluminum prices outside of China are also incentivizing producers there to export more, which mitigates some of the global supply risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
That may often be true, but if there were no savings then it must be starvation, pauperism, or crime; at least the saving mitigates the suffering.
From Some Objections To Socialism From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures by Charles Bradlaugh
The inspector general found that the Fed’s Board of Governors failed to take actions that would have mitigated significant cost overruns.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
However, it is possible some of this could be mitigated using new technologies.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
U.S. stocks gained as a rosy growth projection from Nvidia mitigated fears about the sustainability of the artificial-intelligence boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
That could have mitigated the Dodgers’ huge advantage in slugging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
With that help, the chaos that had brought him to this cage would be reined in and the misunderstanding manifested here would be mitigated.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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Boulder wants compensation for wildfires, the costs for mitigating pest infestations, reduced farm output and lower employee productivity, among other things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The so-called Games Agreement laid out a “shared set of values” and called for an operating budget that would be “prudent, realistic, and designed to protect taxpayers by mitigating financial risk.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
It depends on where you live, however, as there are many mitigating factors when it comes to filing for Chapter 7.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
She added there had been "intensive" discussions over the weekend about mitigating jobs losses.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Further, I want to prevail upon this Court to consider this boy’s plea of guilty as evidence mitigating his punishment.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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